RUSSIA: Ad Absurdum

War Lord Leon
Trotzky's speech for the week was made to a convention of scientists in
Moscow. The War Lord asked that special attention be given to the
reestablishment of chemical factories in the Don and Kuban provinces,
stated that the Red Army must be equipped with poison gas.

Fear of the U. S. making war on Russia was the reason for Leon's
concern. Said he: "Russia should organize because nobody knows in what
dreams the American bourgeoisie is indulging. . . . We shall be able
to say to America: 'We are...